Man is killed in Netcong apartment fire

NETCONG — Firefighters are investigating an apartment fire in Netcong that killed one man this morning, said Netcong Fire Chief William Koster Jr.

Firefighters responded around 11:50 p.m. Thursday to a call of flames coming from the apartment at 10 Main Street above Mechanics Education Associates, an automotive training center for mechanics, Koster said.

About 100 firefighters fought the blaze, which started in the apartment above the training center. Koster said they found an adult man dead inside when they reached the fire. He was pronounced dead at 5:19 a.m, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.

The man's identity has not yet been released.

No one was home in a third-floor apartment and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.